وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا بَيِّنَـٰتٍ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ هَـٰذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ Qur’an Al-Ahqaf (46:7)Wai tha tutl a AAalayhim a y a tun a bayyin a tin q a la alla th eena kafaroo lil h aqqi lamm a j a ahum h atha si h run mubeen un
Lit.' "sorcery": see note [12] on 74:24 , where the term sihr has been used, chronologically, for the first time in the above sense. As in that early instance, the truth referred to here is the message of the Qur'an.
When the truth is actually brought to their doors, they call it sorcery! Cf. xxxvii. 12-15, and n. 4042.